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Best Educational Apps for Kids – Elementary Natual and Animal Science

Today’s Best Educational Apps for Kids list is Natual and Animal Science Apps for Kindergarden and Early Elementary School Kids (age 6 to 10). There is another list of science apps for this age group but on other subjects, such as astronomy, physics, or chemistry. For this other science list, you can visit Best Science Apps for Elementary [...]

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App that Gets the Kids Running

As much as I enjoyed all the great educational apps I have been recommending, I have always hoped to find apps that can get kids outside of house and running. Apps for star gazing, bird watching, remotely monitor helicopter, or even math games involving walking around, are all my favorite apps. Today I am going [...]

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Free App: Mini-game Collection for the Whole Family

Albert is a collection of 20 mini games. The first 10 games are free. From turning off an array of alarm clocks to help Albert sleep more, to moving the slippery soap to the bathtub so Albert can have a bath, to calling the dog to stop before he steps over the cliff, … all [...]

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How to Read Kindle Books Without a Kindle & for FREE?

For so long, I forgot I had Kindle app on my iPhone and iPAD. With the app, I could download a Kindle book from Amazon on my iPhone and iPAD. In fact, Amazon has Kindle apps for all different devices: iPhone, iPod, iPAD, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Mac, Windows 7, XP,Vista, and Windows 8. Here [...]

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Unique History App – Timeline Eons

Timeline Eons is an app that displays major events throughout the history of the world. All events are organized along the timeline. You can choose to zoom the timeline to see more events during a certain time period. Most events have pictures. Tap on each single event will bring up more detailed information of that [...]

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FREE App: Peterson Feeder Birds of North America

After iGameMom introduced the Audubon Birds App, I started paying attention to other bird apps. Thanks for Nigel Hall’s note, I learned about Peterson Feeder Birds of North America. It is a FREE app about feeder birds. Similar to Audubon Birds, you will be able to look up birds with pictures, locations (state), nest, etc. [...]

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Rainbow Sentences – Alternative English Learning Method

I had readers asking about Rainbow Sentences App. I contacted Mobile Education Tools, who developed the app, and received a copy of the app. After reviewing the app, I was really impressed by the design – no matter it is the picture, or the choices of the sentences, or the lesson style. Rainbow Sentences’ target [...]

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App Went Free: Jazzy ABC

Jazzy ABC is from the same developer of Jazzy Day. Kids learn ABC with music instrument name. It is free right now. Introduction at the App Store: Does your child know what a saxophone looks like or what a guitar sounds like? Offer your kids a brand new musical learning experience, as they learn the [...]

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Educational App Giveaway – Monster Physics

iGameMom has one copy of Monster Physics to giveaway. To learn more about the app, please see iGameMom’s earlier post. Six ways to win: 1. If you are not following this blog AT THIS NEW SITE, “Sign Up” at the top of the left panel to follow the blog. Make sure to click the confirmation link [...]

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Bag It – turning an ordinary activity into a learning game

Bag It is a puzzle game that turns bagging groceries into a challenge. To win the game, you need to have a very good sense of space and relative weights of different items. In the game, you take groceries off a conveyor belt and put them into a brown paper bag. By tapping the objects, [...]

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FREE App: Stewie the Duck Teaches Water Safety

Summer is a time to teach and reinforce children’s water safety. Stewie the Duck Learns to Swim is a book app that teaches kids safety rules around water. It is designed for kids aged 2 to 6. Through the story of Stewie the duck learning to swim, the app delivers three rules to ensure that young children stay [...]

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FREE App – Fotopedia National Parks

Summer is a good time to visit some parks. I found an amazing app about US National Parks – Fotopedia National Parks. In the app, there are over 3000 stunning photos of the 58 National Parks in the USA accompanied with park information. What is more amazing, it is FREE. The only catch: It requires [...]

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Toca Kitchen – A Free Play App

Does your child like to play in the kitchen, pretending preparing meal? You may want to check out Toca Kitchen. It is from the same developer who made Toca Doctor. Toca Kitchen lets the kids explore food and cooking, without mess in your kitchen. When kids start the app, they will see 4 hungry characters: [...]

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FOUR GIVEAWAYS – MindSnacks Spanish, Chinese, French, ESL

iGameMom has one copy of each of the Mindsnacks language app for Spanish, Chinese, French, and ESL (English as Second Language) to giveaway. To learn more about the app, please see iGameMom’s earlier post. How to win: 1. If you are not following this blog AT THIS NEW SITE, “Sign Up” at the top of the left [...]

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The Monster at the End of This Book

The Monster at the End of This Book is an app version of the classic Sesame Street picture book from the 1970s. In the book, the adorable Muppet Grover tries to stop children from turning the pages so they will never reach the end of the book, where he believes there will be a monster. [...]

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FREE App: Feel Electric – Teaches Emotion Expressions

Feel Electric! is another app that teaches kids emotions and language skills. An earlier post introduced “ABA Flash Card and Games – Emotion”, which is designed for babies and toddlers. Feel Electric is design for kids 6 and older, or kids who have some basic reading and spelling skills. The app’s characters are from the [...]

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